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Title: Hurricane Island

Author: H. B. Marriott Watson

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HURRICANE ISLAND

by

H. B. MARRIOTT WATSON

Author of "Captain Fortune," Etc.

[Illustration: "'May the Lord help you,' says he in his voice of
suet."]

A. L. Burt Company,
Publishers, New York

Copyright, 1904, by
H. B. Marriott Watson

Copyright in Great Britain

Copyright, 1905, by
Doubleday, Page & Company

Published, February, 1905

TO

RICHARD BRERETON MARRIOTT WATSON

MY KEEN YET APPRECIATIVE CRITIC,
WHO PLEADED
ON BEHALF OF THE VILLAINS,
THIS TALE OF ADVENTURE BY SEA
IS DEDICATED WITH LOVE BY
ITS AUTHOR AND HIS

[Transcriber's Note: The dedication is incomplete.]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. "The Sea Queen" 3

II. In the "Three Tuns" 15

III. Mademoiselle Trebizond 30

IV. An Amazing Proposition 45

V. The Wounded Man 57

VI. The Conference in the Cabin 73

VII. The Rising 89

VIII. The Capture of the Bridge 105

IX. The Flag of Truce 123

X. Legrand's Wink 135

XI. The Lull 144

XII. In the Saloon 157

XIII. The Fog 169

XIV. Barraclough Takes a Hand 179

XV. The Fight in the Music-Room 193